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A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.

~Harvey Cushing

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I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work.

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The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.

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Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

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In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 8th, 1869

Died: October 7th, 1939

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